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Question
How do plants get nutrients?
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Solution
Plants require sixteen essential nutrients from nature for their growth and development. All these nutrients are obtained from air, water and soil. Soil is the major source of nutrients. Thirteen of these nutrients are available from soil. The remaining three nutrients (carbon, oxygen and hydrogen) are obtained from air and water.
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